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The United States is one of the safest places in the world to live. Our crime rate is very low when we control for race. According to the CDC murder at the hands of a young black male is the leading cause of death for young black males. White murder victims tend to be much older, in their late 40s.
It is NOT a race or poverty issue, it IS a mindset or cultural issue when anyone's mind is raised on and fed the crap that all there problems are because of someone, that all bad things are because of someone else, that they cannot improve because of someone else. Guess who they are going to target…….. that someone else
This information and even comments are all wrong and mostly daft.
The is a suggestion that black pigmentation in ones skin has a relation to the propensity to commit crime. This is utter nonsense. The statics and demographics applied here need revision.
I believe the economic conditions that people are in, may have more play to observable behaviour. A better comparison to arrive at black/white crime rates must necessarily hold wealth at constant. Compare whites/blacks from the exact same locale.
My guess rate will be exactly the same since skin colour has no relation to disposition to commit crime.
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I think that sadly. Race is a factor.. not because skin tone makes one better or worse. . But genealogy does matter. . Violence runs in the genes. Bad attitudes and criminal practices are handed down through family genes and family teachings. A large percentage of the black people in America descended from criminals that africa didn't want. That is not the only factor. But its a big factor that everyone seems to overlook. Poverty is an issue.. also the "cool" factor among the black community. . America's laws are considered "white laws" by the black community. . And if a black man wants to follow those laws, he is labeled an uncle tom by most of his peers and loses most his peer and even his family support. Effectively being black balled for not being a mindless robot that represents the hateful rebellious rap community.
Poverty breeds crime, but crime also breeds poverty. Crime drives all the business's along with the jobs out of the community. Look at those Maryland riots, they robbed and looted so many stores and business's, then burned them to the ground. Those business's most likely employ black people. Vandalizing, looting and burning those stores and business's, is not social justice, it's crime! Now all those black people that worked there are unemployed. Biting the hand that feeds them! Not only that, on a day to day basis imagine being a store owner and having a gun shoved in your face or being mugged? Why would a store owner want to stay? Chances are that owner is going to pack up and leave! There goes the jobs, not to mention the food, goods and services. Think of every time a gang has a shootout in front of a school yard, who gets killed in the crossfire, a little black kid. When an elderly person gets mugged and beat up, it's usually an elderly black citizen. The black leaders, clergy and parents have to speak up and speak out! Stay in school, don't do drugs, don't rob people, don't get pregnant, get a job, etc. There are countless people that start out with nothing and try to make something of themselves. People have to take responsibility and stop blaming everybody else and stop acting like the victim!
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Mayor Aboutaleb, who represents the Dutch Labour Party, de Partij van de Arbeid, has long had a no-nonsense approach to immigration and integration.
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|YOGALife - Spring 1996
|Table of Contents
Memories of Swami Vishnu-devananda:
- A Different Kind of Swami
- The Spirit of Renunciation
- Cherished Memories
|The Yogi: Portraits of Swami Vishnu-devananda
|Swami Vishnu-devananda speaks: Questions and Answers
|How to Get Vairagya
|Sex is not compulsory
During the 1960s, when the so-called sexual revolution was at its height, I believed that the world could be made a better and happier place if only we were able to shed our inhibitions, repressions and hang-ups about sex.
In those days I was truly convinced, like many other young people of my generation, that if we could reverse the narrow-minded, intolerant, fearful and sternly moralistic attitudes of previous generations we could all become more loving, more warm-hearted, more creative, vital and attractive.
Most of the sex advice books written during this period underlined the idea that the world could be saved by sex - without, of course, enduring the messy and inconvenient complications of an unwanted pregnancy. Many therapists of that era encouraged their neurotic and mentally disturbed patients to 'find themselves' and become better balanced individuals through positive experiences of sex. Sometimes, surrogate partners would be provided for the purpose. We liked to believe then that much mental illness as well, resulted from long-held repressions, and that these could be released through sex.
Now, twenty years later, I no longer believe that ever more frequent sex has the power to make the world a better place. Though I would not advocate a return to the dark days of the nervous, frightened attitudes to sex which characterized some previous generations, I am certain that human problems and difficulties can never be resolved through physical sex. Nor do I believe that sex brings people together in any real or lasting way, or that it can clear the mind and enhance creativity. I now know that sex does not and cannot contribute to either mental or physical health.
In fact, my views about sex are in many ways the complete opposite of those I held a couple of decades ago. The reason for this is that with increasing maturity I have been able to observe for myself that more frequent physical sex has not added one jot to the sum of the world's happiness. Rather, it has probably been instrumental in compounding the sum of human misery.
We now have more divorces than at any other time in history, more young people are attempting suicide, and the number of those addicted to drugs and other mind-altering substances is going up all the time. In addition, the state of people's health, in every country, is extremely precarious. The incidence of heart disease and cancer is increasing, while more and more people are suffering from stress-related conditions.
Though we cannot blame all the world's present problems on the amount of sexual activity taking place, it is the case that much modern malaise can be directly or indirectly related back to sexual attitudes. We have come to believe that we 'need' sex, that we have a God-given right to sexual satisfaction, and this has led us to exploit other people's bodies to release our own frustrations. Cases of rape and the sexual abuse of children have become terrifyingly commonplace and are starting to worry men as well as women. Furthermore, the search for sex is making us ever more restless, anxious and afraid.
As I once believed that sex was the answer to many deep-seated human difficulties, so I am now certain that a positive commitment to celibacy is the sensible way forward. Now celibacy - once exalted as a higher ideal than a sexually active existence - has in recent decades become very unpopular. So unpopular is it that there are currently moves to allow Catholic priests, almost the only celibate-by-choice people left in Western society, to marry and still remain members of the clergy.
Celibacy has come to be regarded with extreme distaste, because
we have been led to believe that sex is (a) necessary and (b) natural. In fact,
it is neither. Apart from its purpose in propagating the species, sex is no
more necessary to our daily lives than a glass of whisky or a cream bun.
All the celibate people I have interviewed have spoken of the benefits of the non-sexual life, and have claimed that it is celibacy, rather than sex, which frees the individual and confers happiness. Celibacy , according to its adherents, can make people stronger in themselves, more autonomous, more self-confident and certainly more creative and intelligent. It also brings about an improved state of physical health.
It seems to me that celibacy, rather than sex, can enhance health and general well-being. One of the most important ways it can do this is that it reduces the amount of stress and sex hormones circulating in the system. Wildly fluctuating hormone levels, which always accompany sexual activity, have the effect of decreasing resistance to many illnesses, and reducing the body's ability to withstand infections.
A few years ago, the very idea of celibacy for non-religious people
would hardly have been entertained. Now, however, things have changed dramatically.
We have all become aware that the sexual revolution has not delivered what it
promised and that we are more confused, more bewildered, more unhappy than we
were before. But also, diseases related to sex have become a frightening world-wide
epidemic. AIDS in particular, a fatal disease for which no cure has yet been
developed, has forced people to reappraise their sexual attitudes and ask whether
there are better, healthier and more satisfying ways of relating to other people
than by having sex with them.
Celibate people, it need hardly be said, do not succumb to AIDS. Neither do they catch herpes simplex, another incurable sexually transmitted disease (STD), and celibate women never have cervical cancer. In addition, the stress and blood-pressure rates of celibates are lower, and the incidence of heart disease and cancer among them is far lower.
Celibate people, on the whole, live lives that are healthier than those of people who have promiscuous sex. They smoke and drink less, are more likely to be vegetarian and are considerably less likely to succumb to any kind of addiction.
But the biggest plus for celibates is that they usally find their relationships with other people are improved. As they are non-sexual, they tend to see others as individual human beings, rather than simply as bodies which can be categorized attractive or not attractive and accepted or rejected as such. At the same time, they do not suffer to such a great extent from the negative emotions associated with an active sex life, such as greed, jealousy, lust, possessiveness, dependence and anger.
Celibacy emancipates both men and women from their dependency and over-reliance on each other, and enables them to be friends rather than enemies. George Bernard Shaw observed nearly a hundred years ago that the greatest stumbling block to female emancipation was lust, both female and male. We still have not heeded his advice, and many feminists continue to believe that more and better sex is the way to liberation.
Many people are frightened even to think about celibacy because they imagine that such a way of life is impossible. However, most people who are celibate because it is one of the requirements of their religious vocation say that chastity is actually the easiest of their disciplines and the 'secular celibates' also say they have not found giving up sex any kind of problem. We have, unfortunately, come to see wild, frequent sex as the norm whereas, in fact, a positive commitment to celibacy frees both body and spirit.
You may ask: if the whole world suddenly became celibate, what would happen to future generations? My answer to that is that the world never will become celibate, so it is a hypothetical question of little significance. But if the world were to be celibate for only a year, the global population problem would be solved. At the same time, the incidence of AIDS, herpes, cervical cancer and other STDs would instantly decrease.
When I speak about positive celibacy, I do not mean that sexual desires should be rigorously repressed and sublimated or that it is necessary to resort to a regime of cold baths and puritanical habits. If one thinks about sex all the time and has to deny oneself, celibacy has no value. It is only when there is no desire for sex that there is benefit.
A desire for sex lessens when there is understanding of what the sex drive, sexual frustration and sexual fulfillment ae all about. This I shall try to explain in the chapters that follow. We have been afraid to 'let go' of sex because we do not really understand what it is. Once we do, its hold on our lives can be reduced.
The prevailing myth has been that the only proper way to live is by having an active and varied sex life. We have not understood that its alternative, celibacy, can actually have much to recommend it. But it can never be positive while it is seen as giving something up. It is only when definite benefits of celibacy are seen that sex can be relinquished. I am sure that celibacy, not necessarily as a commitment for ever and ever, but as an option at certain crucial times in a person's life, has far more advantages than a desperate searching for bigger and better orgasms.
As we do not have to be sexual, neither do we have to be celibate if we do not want ot be. All I am saying is: why not consider it? Since sex has patently not worked any magic, or brought about any long-term contentment, it is perhaps time to think about other, possibly more rewarding, ways of living one's life.
Liz Hodgkinson is a freelance health journalist living in London. She has written a number of books and articles on a variety of health-related topics. The above article is from the introduction to her book "Sex is not Compulsory" which was published in 1986.
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Shedding is a cat's natural process of losing dead hair. Outdoor cats may lose more hair in the spring and fall and retain more fur in the winter, while indoor cats can shed all year round. Regularly grooming your cat and vacuuming hair from your house should minimize the inconvenience of shedding. However, if you see bald patches in your cat's fur or notice a significant loss of hair, the underlying cause may be a health-related problem and should be investigated by a veterinarian.
What Would Make a Cat Shed Excessively?
A variety of medical, dietary and stress-related issues can cause your cat to lose more hair than is normal. If you notice he's losing an excessive amount of hair or has bald patches, please consult your veterinarian immediately. Your cat may be suffering from one of the following health issues:
- Allergies
- Ringworm
- Bacterial infection
- Fleas
- Hormonal imbalance such as hyperthyroidism
- Poor diet
- Stress
- Certain medications
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Sunburn
When Is Shedding a Cause for Concern?
If your cat obsessively licks, bites or scratches, if he's losing patches of hair or stops to scratch or bite the same few spots persistently, then it's important you take him in for a veterinary exam. There may be a medical, dietary or stress-related issue that needs immediate attention.
How Can I Minimize My Cat's Shedding?
If your cat sheds a lot and your veterinarian has determined that there is no underlying medical cause, there are a few things you can do to minimize his hair loss:
What Happens If Shedding goes Untended?
If your cat's shedding is normal, the worst you may end up with is a hairy wardrobe and home-your cat, however, may suffer from hairballs if she isn't groomed regularly. If her shedding is due to an underlying medical cause, including allergies, parasites, infections or disease, her health may continue to worsen if you don't seek veterinary care. Additionally, cats who are not groomed appropriately can become matted-this is especially true for long-haired cats. Matted hair can be painful and lead to underlying skin problems.


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Orlando Bloom is Deus Ex Machina
Orlando Bloom rides off on his "Beverly Hills Ducati" motorcycle as he leaves a church on Saturday (December 27) in Los Angeles.
The 31-year-old British actor wore a jacket from Deux Ex Machina, which literally means "god from the machine." Back in May, Orly shopped at Sydney's bike store Deus Ex Machina in Australia.
Afterwards, Orly reportedly went out with Aussie model girlfriend Miranda Kerr and got into a fender bender.
10+ pictures inside of motorcycle man Orlando Bloom…


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Kalessin wrote:
Since this thread has recently taken such a hard turn toward "personal anecdote" territory, I'll just say that the storm looks to be affecting people around here pretty seriously. Maybe not from where you're sitting or from the grand historical perspective, but from my perspective right now.
I'm sure that's so. It's just not (by itself anyway) evidence of AGW, Noreaster's are a phenomenon of the East Coast. You were at UCSD and are now at Woods Hole, right? Welcome to the right coast. If this is your first Noreaster ... welcome to that too. Comes with the turf.
In a bunch of years we maybe can start to do statistics on storm frequency and strength ... but not yet.


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WASHINGTON — Several members of the Louisiana congressional delegation say they are open to supporting proposals to create a national disaster insurance fund, which has received renewed interest since Hurricane Sandy struck the eastern seaboard.
Such an insurance fund could benefit Louisiana, Florida and other Gulf Coast states susceptible to hurricanes. Proponents are hoping to gain more allies from states like New York and New Jersey that were ravaged by Sandy, which has been called the Superstorm.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., who helped lead the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program earlier this year, said he would strongly consider any such proposals if they are properly packaged.
"I'm going to look at all those proposals," Vitter said. "I would certainly be open to supporting it."
Vitter said any bills gaining his backing would have to benefit insurance ratepayers in Louisiana and also be built in a financially viable way.
"It would have to be fiscally sound, so it's actually sustainable," Vitter said, arguing that he would not support any fund that could end up bankrupt and require "government bailouts."
The argument by proponents is that a national insurance pool could help homeowners and potentially save the federal government money in the long run, instead of the current system of doling out huge chunks of recovery funds every time a disaster strikes. U.S. taxpayers have spent $250 billion throughout two decades, according to The Associated Press, to help states recover from natural disasters, a big burden for a nation deep in debt.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she supports creating a national insurance pool that would work as a "kind of super policy" to cover catastrophic events.
"Whether it's a tornado, an earthquake, a mudslide, a fire or a hurricane, homeowners across the country would have access to a voluntary pool – lowering costs for everybody," Landrieu said.
"It's highly unlikely that you would have a hurricane hit every coast in the same year, but the year it hits the East Coast, the funds are there," she added. "And the year it hits the Gulf Coast, the funds are there. That's what an insurance pool is for."
The national disaster insurance issue last made significant progress five years ago when Landrieu cosponsored the Senate companion bill to the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007.
At the time, the U.S. House passed the bill sponsored by then-Florida Democratic Reps. Ron Klein and Tim Mahoney to create a national catastrophe insurance fund. But the bill quietly died for lack of action in the Senate when opposed by then-President George W. Bush.
Many in the insurance industry had feared government intrusion in the private marketplace.
Now, inspired by Sandy, some members want to make another attempt, including Florida Democrats Ted Deutch and newly elected Alan Grayson, according to the AP.
One of the latest bills — called The Taxpayer Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J. — would set up a national catastrophe fund.
Homeowners would buy policies from private insurers, who would contribute a portion of the premiums to a national fund.
And the national fund would provide re-insurance to back up state disaster programs — like the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund — for massive losses above a specified amount.
U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, was serving in the Louisiana Legislature in 2007, but he said he paid close attention to the national debate on the issue.
"It would probably be a good deal for us," Cassidy said, adding that he would have to analyze and support the details of any such bills.
However, Cassidy said just having the National Flood Insurance Program is already difficult to deem worthy for many states' delegations, such as those in the Midwest.
"If we can make a business case for the rest of the country, it can pass," Cassidy said.
Despite the potential for such an insurance program, Cassidy said he is putting a greater personal emphasis on fast-tracking levee and other flood protection projects in Louisiana that are stalled. Levee projects for Terrebonne Parish were recently delayed again by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The upgraded hurricane protection system for New Orleans was justifiably accelerated after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Cassidy said, and that same effort to get everyone at the table to push projects forward without as much "federal bureaucracy" must be more widespread.
"That, I think, we can get bipartisan support from the rest of the country," Cassidy said.
He said he is hoping the devastation caused by Hurricane Isaac this year in Louisiana will not soon be forgotten.
"It takes tragedy to sharpen the government's mind," he said.
Short of new executive orders to accelerate projects, Cassidy said he may draft legislation to help remedy the situation.
"We've already started pursuing that," Cassidy said, "the 'How do we do that?'"


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Home Office Science Advisory Council
The council's main function is to provide the Permanent Secretary with independent advice on improving the quality of the science and research that informs strategic delivery and policy development.
Established in 2003, the Home Office Science Advisory Council (HOSAC) is formed of 8 independent members who are nominated by the societies involved in the science and technology carried out by the Home Office along with representatives of other scientific advisory committees.
Meetings are also attended by the Home Office chief scientific adviser and the Home Office director for science, engineering and technology.
The following attend HOSAC meetings:
- Professor Sir Alan Wilson (chair), The Royal Society and Chief Executive of the Turing Institute
- Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Professor David Delpy, Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Optics, UCL
- Professor Judi Ellis (psychology), British Psychological Society and University of Reading
- Dr Paul Grasby (behavioural and social science), FmedSci
- Chris Hughes, chair of National DNA Database Ethics Group
- Professor Shane Johnson (crime and policing), University College London
- Dr John Landers, chair of Animals in Science Committee
- Professor David C Lane FORS (operational research and systems thinking), Henley Business School
- Professor Alan Manning, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee
- Professor Helen Margetts (social data science and public policy), Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
- Professor Michael Pidd (operational research), Academy of Social Science and Lancaster University
- Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Academy of Medical Sciences and Cardiff University
- Dr Brooke Rogers (social psychologist), Kings College London
- Alan Pratt, Chief Security, Science & Innovation Officer
Register of members' interests
Terms of reference
The role of the Home Office Science Advisory Council (HOSAC) is to support the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) in providing independent scientific advice to the Home Office on matters relevant to its policy and operations, and in engaging and communicating the importance and impact of scientific issues to the department. In this context, science includes:
- economics
- social science
- statistics
- operational research and engineering
- physical and life sciences
HOSAC operates under the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees (CoPSAC) published by the Government Office for Science; this code sets out the general responsibilities of the council and its members.
It is within the council's particular role to:
- advise on emerging scientific trends and findings that may be of relevance to the Home Office, either as opportunities or threats
- act as a forum for the discussion of science and technology within the Home Office and in particular the work of the Home Office CSA
- support and complement the Home Office's specialist scientific advisory committees and to facilitate coordination of their work
- advise on any specific scientific issue referred to the council
- facilitate creative links between the Home Office and the wider scientific community
The membership of HOSAC is as follows:
The Chairs of the Home Office advisory committees whose business has scientific content, currently:
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Animals in Science Committee
- Migration Advisory Committee
- National DNA Database Ethics Group
Other appointments made by the Home Office CSA include nominations from scientific learned societies and other bodies. These members are normally appointed for a 4 year term with the possibility of renewal for a second and third term, to a maximum of 10 years.
Annually, the Chair of HOSAC and the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser will review the council's composition and consider whether the current balance of skills and experience available matches the council's current and future needs. Currently, there is one member nominated from each of the following bodies together with the Chair of the Defence Science Advisory Council of the Ministry of Defence:
- Royal Society
- Royal Statistical Society
- Royal Academy of Engineering
- British Society of Criminology
- British Psychological Society
- Academy of Medical Sciences
- British Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences
HOSAC meetings are attended by the Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Science, Engineering and Technology, together with other relevant Home Office Science officials. Where appropriate senior officials from the Home Office and its agencies should attend formal and informal HOSAC events to ensure that HOSAC is able to make a contribution to the department by appropriately influencing the formulation of policy and operational decisions.
In January 2012, HOSAC's subcommittee on survey, design and statistics was disbanded.
For older minutes, please go to the HOSAC pages of The National Archives.
The Home Office is not currently recruiting council members.


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